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Eps 529: Teen sexual health with Dena Moes
- 2024/11/25
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My guest today is Dena Moes and we’re talking about our teen’s sexual and reproductive health. We discuss methods & access to birth control and parental consent around reproductive health decisions. Both Dena and I share about the current political climate impacting access to health services, how to react when your teenage daughter is pregnant, and what the most crucial things to talk to your adolescents about sex are. Takeaways from the show Dena’s new book, for teen’s, “It’s Your Body: The Young Woman’s Guide to Empowered Sexual Health” Current stats for teen sexual health & birth rates Condom & birth control use Explicit text messages Reducing barriers for care Reproductive rights & access to abortion vary substantially from state to state - consider what services your teen daughter may need in the next few years Empowering our sons that are in heterosexual relationships to be supportive partners Outdated beliefs & anxiety around birth control Teens are the most fertile they’ll be in their entire lives “Party ready” birth control Getting your teen in to speak with a doc about birth control options before January 2025 and letting your teen speak independently to their doctor - “Get out of the room!” Pulling in the extended family & village during the teen years Finding out your daughter is pregnant “It’s hard to hear no; it’s harder to say no.” For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices